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wmpe2000: helipad at the trail head - current update - Easter weekend - 2 helicopter rescues off of this mountain - desert temperatures unseasonably hot in the mid 90s
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wmpe2000: consider your fitness level and preparedness sign
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wmpe2000: chuckwalla resting in sandstone crevice
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wmpe2000: bad air
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wmpe2000: view north toward Phoenix Mountains
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wmpe2000: beginning the Echo Canyon hike on Camelback Mountain
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wmpe2000: on stolen land - luxury home building continues at the base of Uvi Do'ag the O'odham name of Camelback Mountain
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wmpe2000: short, steep, crowded and dangerous trail - every year there are rescues and at least 1 death on this mountain - don't be fooled by a mere 1 mile hike with a huge elevation gain and a shadeless western exposure in the desert heat
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wmpe2000: Camelback peak with Papago Buttes in the background